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Human rights organisation Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan from Bangladesh smiles as she meets German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, 20 March 2006 in Berlin.

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Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan holds a copy of the Amnesty International Report 2006 in London, 23 May 2006. The Report is a global overview of the state of the world's human rights in 150 countries.

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A copy of the Amnesty International Report lies on a table in central London, 23 May 2007, as Irene Khan, Amnesty Internatonal's Secretary General, holds a press conference to launch the Amnesty International Report. The report provides a global overview of the state of the world's...

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A journalist collects a copy of the Amnesty International Report before attending a press conference in central London, 23 May 2007, hosted by Irene Khan, Amnesty Internatonal's Secretary General. The report provides a global overview of the state of the world's human rights. The report...

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Amnesty International secretary general Irene Khan (L) shakes hands with Sierra Leone president Ernest Bai Koroma's mother Alice on September 24, 2009 in Makeni. Khan will lead a high level mission in Sierra Leone from 18 to 25 September 2009 to launch a campaign to reduce maternal...

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Amnesty International secretary general Irene Khan delivers a speech during a meeting with Sierra Leone's Minister of Health and Sanitation Sheku Tejan Koroma on September 24, 2009 in Freetown. Khan will lead a high level mission in Sierra Leone from 18 to 25 September 2009 to launch a...

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Amnesty International secretary general Irene Khan (C) visits a maternity ward at Makeni government hospital on September 23, 2009. Amnesty Secretary General International Irene Khan is leading a high level mission in Sierra Leone from 18 to 25 September 2009 to launch a campaign to...

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Irene Khan (R), Amnesty International's Secretary General shows a document to Sarah Kabia (C), aunt of a nine-month-old Maya, whose mother died in a taxi at the hospital parking shortly before giving birth, on September 21, 2009 in Freetown. Irene Khan will lead a high level mission in...

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A child holds up an Amnesty International poster during the campaign launch against maternal deaths in Sierre Leone on September 22, 2009 in Freetown. Amnesty International secretary general Bangladeshi-born Irene Khan (Out of camera range) will lead a high level mission in Sierra...

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Children hold Amnesty International posters during the campaign launch against maternal deaths in Sierre Leone on September 22, 2009 in Freetown. Irene Khan will lead a high level mission in Sierra Leone from 18 to 25 September 2009 to launch a campaign to reduce maternal deaths in the...

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An Amnesty International member unfolds a banner as she prepares for the campaign against maternal deaths in SierreLeone on September 22, 2009 in Freetown. Amnesty Secretary General International Bangladeshi-born Irene Khan (Out of camera range), will lead a high level mission in Sierra...